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Commission Directive 2009/141/ECShow full title
Commission Directive 2009/141/EC of 23 November 2009 amending Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum levels for arsenic, theobromine, Datura sp., Ricinus communis L., Croton tiglium L. and Abrus precatorius L. (Text with EEA relevance)
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Row 1, Arsenic, is replaced by the following:
| a The maximum levels refer to total arsenic. | ||
| b Maximum levels refer to an analytical determination of arsenic, whereby extraction is performed in nitric acid (5 % w/w) for 30 minutes at boiling temperature. Equivalent extraction procedures can be applied for which it can be demonstrated that the used extraction procedure has an equal extraction efficiency. | ||
| c Upon request of the competent authorities, the responsible operator must perform an analysis to demonstrate that the content of inorganic arsenic is lower than 2 ppm. This analysis is of particular importance for the seaweed species Hizikia fusiforme.’ | ||
| Undesirable substances | Products intended for animal feed | Maximum content in mg/kg (ppm) relative to a feedingstuff with a moisture content of 12 % |
|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
‘1.Arsenica b | Feed materials with the exception of: | 2 |
—meal made from grass, from dried lucerne and from dried clover, and dried sugar beet pulp and dried molasses sugar beet pulp, | 4 | |
—palm kernel expeller, | 4c | |
—phosphates and calcareous marine algae, | 10 | |
—calcium carbonate, | 15 | |
—magnesium oxide, | 20 | |
—feedingstuffs obtained from the processing of fish or other marine animals, including fish, | 25c | |
—seaweed meal and feed materials derived from seaweed, | 40c | |
| Iron particles used as tracer. | 50 | |
| Additives belonging to the functional group of compounds of trace elements except: | 30 | |
—copper sulphate pentahydrate and copper carbonate, | 50 | |
—zinc oxide, manganese oxide and copper oxide, | 100 | |
| Complete feedingstuffs with the exception of: | 2 | |
—complete feedingstuffs for fish and complete feedingstuffs for fur animals, | 10c | |
| Complementary feedingstuffs with the exception of: | 4 | |
—mineral feedingstuffs, | 12 | |
2.
Row 10, theobromine, is replaced by the following:
3.
Row 14, Weed seeds and unground and uncrushed fruits containing alkaloids, glucosides or other toxic substances, is replaced by the following:
4.
Row 15, Castor oil plant – Ricinus communis L., is replaced by the following:
| a In so far determinable by analytical microscopy.’ | ||
| Undesirable substances | Products intended for animal feed | Maximum content in mg/kg (ppm) relative to a feedingstuff with a moisture content of 12 % |
|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
‘15.Seeds and husks from Ricinus communis L., Croton tiglium L. and Abrus precatorius L. as well as their processed derivativesa, separately or in combination. | All feedingstuffs | 10 |
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Row 34, Croton – Croton tiglium L., is deleted.
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